Unit 3

Do Now: 4/5/12
Based on what you currently know at this moment about capital punishment (the death penalty), are you in support or do you oppose the use of capital punishment? Why or why not?
Well for the death penalty i don't oppose it because jail's are getting over populated and yeah it wouldn't be that bad to sentence to their death if they have life imprisonment. they're suffering

Lesson:Part 1. Using the following resources on capital punishment, you will identify the arguments presented in favor of and against the death penalty in the chart below.

Pro-Death Penalty Chart

Source	What arguments are presented in favor of capital punishment?	What values or beliefs guide these arguments? What evidence is used to support the arguments?	Do you find these arguments persuasive? Why or why not?
http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/	that if people should receieve or gain the death penalty	the belief that is guided through this arguement is that if people should recieve the death penalityand the question is that if it its humane to do so to take someone's life	Yes they seem persuasive because it shows the values of the death panality and its purposes
The Video of the death penalty	that if what he did should he recieve the penalty of recieving death.	This benefits the people and people in prison for life then their spending to much money and the death penalty	Yes it seems very persuasive because it reduces americans to stop paying taxes to keep prisoners sentenced in jail for life.
http://www.videojug.com/interview/arguments-for-the-death-penalty-2	if people should recieve the punishment for what he did which in this case is for Mike Bradbury	if the guy has comitted a crime he shal receieve the same punishment as equal to what he did " eye to and eye "	Not really but it helps me understand more

Anti-Death Penalty Chart

Source	What arguments are presented against capital punishment?	What values or beliefs guide these arguments? What evidence is used to support the arguments?	Do you find these arguments persuasive? Why or why not?
	http://www.americanbar.org/groups/individual_rights/projects/death_penalty_moratorium_implementation_project.html	because it is humane to do so. No one should get their life taken away due to their actions.	Not really persuasive because it doesnt show me evidence and reasoning of why
	http://www.americanbar.org/groups/individual_rights/projects/death_penalty_moratorium_implementation_project.html	Another reason is the just everyone makes mistakes and doesn't mean they should receieve the death penalty.	Not really persuasive towards readers because overall if they received life imprsonment its for a real , threat to the everyone .
		Another reason is just being executed and according to the reasons of the death penalty its justan easy way out for them.	yes it was persuasive because it demonstrates and helps me udnerstand why we shouldn't have the death penalty we have the criminals locked up for a reason to keep them away from the citizens and nation from harm.

Pro-Death Penalty Resources
Evaluate 2:







Part 5: Critical Thinking
Role play the following situation: As a member of a jury, you have listened to an eye-witness to the crime. His information is taken very seriously by the other members of the jury. Explain to them why eye-witness memory may not be as reliable as they believe it to be.

5/3/12

Eye-Witness memory may not be as reliable as they believe it to be is just because not the witnesses are going to lie and put an innocent man to prison. it's just they might listen to the police's " thinking of who they might think it was " because maybe of paranoia. Just basically what happened on the video that we watched in class. They don't really physcally who it was.